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G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me |
You have to love these flaccid Calvinist hot takes by highly successful people. Systemic inequality is good, actually, bc it allows the elect to demonstrate their profound virtue and genius. If you are truly pious, you will achieve prosperity via God's special underwear gnome economics
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Oden
@odense.bsky.social
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Police detective: “sorry hughhowey someone was already stealing your money so we are going to let them continue.”
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Laura Ruby
@thatlauraruby.bsky.social
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What a jerk.
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Megan E. Zombi
@zombiscribe.bsky.social
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I really think people who do this shit should have to live by it Stop accepting money for your work, give away all the money you have earned, and NEVER pursue any copyright violations on any of your work ever. Otherwise shut the fuck up
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Spectrox Celery
@whoniversal.bsky.social
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I genuinely think John Calvin can be blamed for most things that are wrong with Western civilisation and Western economics
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Dallas Swoager
@untenablewhale.bsky.social
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The first I ever heard of this guy was on a podcast where he was essentially described as an asshat whose books I shouldn't buy and if I want to know why I can google it... and every time that an algorithm suggests one of his books, my brain prompts, "he's that asshat whose books you shouldn't buy."
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Phil Hester
@philhester.bsky.social
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For one thing, he's mistaking fear for contempt.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉
@scumbelievable.bsky.social
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just completely unserious people
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SnapDecks
@snapdecks.bsky.social
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He has always been an asshole.
www.salon.com/2013/04/15/s...
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Shriamin
@amin-art.bsky.social
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I am not scared by AI at all.. in fact it is quite helpful as an assistant.. I am just a pro-human racist.. I think of AI as beneath humans that's all.. I find AI art is a non-aesthetic genre.. it is beneath the worst that any human can possibly create.. I believe in the value of human art over AI..
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Meat Sweats Enthusiast
@raulpudd.bsky.social
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“You’re not a mountain ascetic who is nourished by cosmic energy and creates art just to amuse forest creatures? Then I’m allowed to steal from you.”
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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press
@vertvoltapress.bsky.social
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"Someone was already stealing your work" way to confess about your own plotlines, bro 🤔🙃
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TrinityCodex
@trinitycodex.bsky.social
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''Are you making art because you need it like oxygen?'' ''Let me steal that oxygen!!!''
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Elrond Hubbard
@danmitchell.bsky.social
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“Content.”
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Cargo Occultist
@whisk.bsky.social
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why are you afraid of this lit stick of dynamite? a light breeze was already blowing by
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Rachel Klein
@racheleklein.bsky.social
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The only thing I need like oxygen is calories. Maybe a somewhat stable ambient temperature. Oh and sleep, for some reason we don’t quite understand.
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Ersatzov
@ersatzov.bsky.social
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You have to remember, they were predestined to be huge assholes...
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Filip Magnus
@filipmagnus.bsky.social
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Imagine going through life this stupid. Oof.
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Nicholas Qualls
@nicholasqualls.bsky.social
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Ouch. What a terrible take. I liked the Silo books too.
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Jenny Langin
@jennylangin.bsky.social
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I immediately resolved to adopt the band name "Flaccid Calvinist Hot Takes". Then I got to "God's Special Underwear Gnome Economics" and now I just don't even know what.
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G. Willow Wilson
@gwillow.me
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Anyway what a dipshit
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Sarah "Neila" Elkins
@neilak20.bsky.social
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I've never heard of that guy in that screenshot before in my life and I hope he trips in a pothole. D: What a jerk!
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Mx. "900 ft." JS Carter Gilson // 🏳️⚧️
@jscartergilson.caviaporcell.us
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Well, that's certainly A take. Glad I never got around to reading any of the Silo books.
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Disaster March
@disastermarch.bsky.social
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AI is a long way from being able to write decent novels, when that happens he can have a dumb opinion. If it’s not threatening your industry I don’t wanna hear it.
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Nick Wester, PI
@wehavesnacks.bsky.social
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Entirely unrelated, but "flaccid" pronounced "flassid" or pronounced "flak-sid?"
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Nerd
@babayaga25.bsky.social
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Do not become addicted to artistry. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence.
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Madame Louis
@louisallred.bsky.social
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Good gravy
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Adina M. Yoffie
@adinayoffie.bsky.social
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“Flaccid Calvinist hot takes” is my new band’s name, thanks!
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Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.bsky.social
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Privilege personified.
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John Dellaporta
@johndellaporta.bsky.social
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I’ll say what I said there: If a human inspired by my work gets a job over me, that’s one thing. If a job disappears because of an amalgam machine, it’s another. Yeah, “doing it for the money” is a fast track to losing your mind. But it IS a trade/vocation, that takes time, skill, and investment.
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E-W
@edashw.bsky.social
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Saying "AI steals but artists steal too" is like saying not to fear the atomic bomb because fireplaces have always been around.
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Ben
@benrinehart.bsky.social
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He’s gonna be in trouble when AI starts writing shitty tweets…
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L-M
@ramblingandpie.bsky.social
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BRB incorporating "Calvin's underwear gnome economics" into my rants about Calvin. (When my wife is working too hard and needs a break, my usual prompt is "Don't give John Calvin the satisfaction!!")
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Dzee Szed
@dzeeszed.bsky.social
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"Are you making art to get rich? You would have failed and been miserable at any point in history." Do you think??? That artists did not do??? Works for hire??????
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Greg Stolze
@gregstolze.bsky.social
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Guy needs an editor. Coulda just said, "I only befriend those as rich as myself, or richer."
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Tim Rust
@timrust.bsky.social
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This guy doesn't understand the difference between pictures and art, obviously
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Virginia S. O'Possum
@virginiaopossum.bsky.social
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I just think I see the world differently from that guy.
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sebs
@sebs303.bsky.social
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Genome Lottery economics or actual gnome? So many good authors, who funnel money to assholes?
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Adam J Thaxton
@raygungoth.bsky.social
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Man with mediocre predictable science fiction novel gets famous, shows immediate disdain for the commoners, calls them miserable losers, film at 11
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TwoHitGood
@twohitgood.bsky.social
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Absolute fart-sniffing ignoramus.
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Randall Writes Comix
@split7inchcomix.bsky.social
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Clown behavior!
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Blurry Cat Face
@therealbcf.bsky.social
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Making art to be the best or to be rich or because you have to are the only reasons to make art. Wanting a normal job where you make art is incorrect I guess.
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Artologica
@artologica.net
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ArtofSteveT: 366Drawings2024
@artofstevet.bsky.social
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(Deep breath) FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU (Continued in subsequent skeets. Or perhaps this guy can tell ChatGPT to approximate a conclusion….)
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Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
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MAN WHO OWES HIS SUCCESS TO DISCOVERING A FLUKE IN THE ALGORITHM AND USING IT TO SELL A COMPLETELY FORGETTABLE SERIES OF BOOKS IN THE WORLD'S TIREDEST GENRE: I did this because I needed it. There was a burning desperation in the depths of my soul
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Jamie McKelvie
@mckelvie.bsky.social
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Meek 🔜 Carolina Geekfest 🩷
@themeekwarrior.bsky.social
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Maybe I do need art like oxygen because the world is run by people like this and something needs to make me sortof want to be here
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Greg Pak
@gregpak.bsky.social
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blocked him immediately
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Big Frickin' Swede
@bigfrickinswede.bsky.social
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Wow, what utter glibness after he won the self-publishing lottery. Especially when any writer or reader could name dozens of unpublished or unrecognized pieces as being worthy of the same level attention (or more so) than his Silo series!
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Ellen Kushner
@ellenkushner.bsky.social
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Yes AND I call dibs on “Flaccid Calvinist Hottakes” for my new band name. No backsies!
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Matt the Dad
@suboptimaldad.bsky.social
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Landlords accepting rent in oxygen now?
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David Vickers Vaporub
@samuelnaut.bsky.social
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I’ve never even heard of a Hugh Howey until now. Ew.
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It's ME(Jaime)
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
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"Scared of" is doing a lot of work, here
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Molly Templeton
@mollytempleton.bsky.social
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and this is the guy editing this year's Best American SFF volume 🙃
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Riven
@ladyriven.bsky.social
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Oh no not the Silo guy
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jcc333
@jcc333.bsky.social
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I always just figured that artists were accursed.
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mamday (they/them)
@mamday.bsky.social
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I try to explain to people that the mentality that makes people not get vaccines is not that they're too stupid to know how disease spreads but that they basically believe that having as many people die as possible is good because the chosen ones will survive (and obviously they are the chosen ones)
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Scott Lynch
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
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Oh, are you upset that I'm in your house taking stuff? If only you weren't such a materialist! If only you were maintaining a house for the joy of curating a space rather than hoarding items like some kind of philistine. While I was taking your stuff, you could simply pay yourself in not caring!
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Faith Erin Hicks
@faitherinhicks.bsky.social
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Damn, what a trash man.
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iucounu
@iucounu.bsky.social
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God it’s been years since I thought about Hugh Howey. I see he’s still a copper-bottomed ocean-going dickhead.
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Dr Bluesky
@estru.me
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I really enjoyed the first book in the Wool series and I liked Silo. After reading his bad takes, I thought I should stop reading his work, but I borrow it from a library and he hates libraries, so I'll just continue doing that.
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SimpleKnight
@eliothochberg.bsky.social
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This is the mirror image of the colonialist attitude of the companies that make the "AI" software The difference is that this is industrial scale theft Yes, even w/out stealing others' work it would be a threat, but at least be respectful as you take away people's livelihoods
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Grieger
@grieger.bsky.social
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People who measure success based on income are exactly the problem with this world right now. When bean counters decide what art is and whether it has value, everyone loses. It's like assuming everyone will like the same song and genre of music because it's sold a lot of albums. I'm so so tired...
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daryl "happy birthday to the GROUND" bartley 🏳️⚧️
@hypercubexl.bsky.social
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christ, what an asshole
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Marco Jardim
@marco.jard.im
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Can one of these professional tech snake oil salesmen pitch an AI space ship to Mars so we can send all these people there voluntarily? Please.
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Franklin Piss🇺🇦
@silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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Sounds right to me, anyone who's spent any time around artists knows they're completely indifferent to money and praise.
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Neo ☕️
@neo-tea.bsky.social
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Flaccid Calvinism is entering my permanent vernacular, holy hell
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Rage Against The Miami Sound Machine
@randymiller.bsky.social
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I don’t get it. The people who make art because they feel compelled to also need to make money to survive and most don’t make that from their art.
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Mara Wilson
@marawilson.bsky.social
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Why are you upset about murder? Everybody dies!
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Georgia Pritchett
@puffin902.bsky.social
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What an extreme douchebag! Blocked him here. I don't need these kinda stupid takes.
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Rahadyan T. S. (he/him)
@rtsastro2023.bsky.social
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Blocked that MFer
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Rahadyan T. S. (he/him)
@rtsastro2023.bsky.social
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I'm now contemplating referring to the toxic clerics of my Evangelical Christian younger days as "flaccid Calvinists."
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John C Wheeler
@barleyscotch.bsky.social
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This dude is just so stupid. As a musician, I'm not at all scared of AI - it sounds like a computer & I don't like computer music. I've made a fine living for 37 years entirely from playing music, not trying to be the best, or get rich, or needing it like O2. I like playing music & I'm good at it.
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Ben Coccio
@bencoccio.bsky.social
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Never heard of the guy.
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jess m. ☁️
@jam-etc.bsky.social
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AI has succeeded in making me realize that some people just have a soul and can be reached as a human being with empathy, and some just fucking don't and can't lol
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Kate
@silea.bsky.social
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Wait is this the author?
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Red Sutter
@redsutter.bsky.social
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These AI bros are some corny dudes
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Mark Hennessy-Barrett
@markhb.bsky.social
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Stealing from creatives is just considered good business practice. These are people who venerate ripping off contractors.
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Ian Rennie
@theangelremiel.bsky.social
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The worst part of this, and there are many terrible parts of this, is that he entirely dismisses the idea of making art as anything other than a hobby.
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intrusive thot
@queenjolene.bsky.social
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“Flaccid Calvinist hot takes” and “god’s special underwear gnome economics” will live in my head forever, thank you
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Bisexual Soft Dumbass
@cwards.bsky.social
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Yeah, somehow him having that opinion doesn't surprise me
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PatC
@pscavanaugh.bsky.social
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If I won the self publishing lottery with an OK book that leads into an unbelievably dumb pair of sequels, I wouldn't post shit like this.
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David Avallone
@davallone.bsky.social
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On the plus side, now I won’t waste a minute of my life reading those books. I suppose if I made my fortune plagiarizing Phillip K Dick I’d think everything is stolen and everyone was more talented than me, too.
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Christine Valada
@mcvalada.bsky.social
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Prosperity gospel is exactly the opposite of what Christ taught. So annoying.
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RainSurname
@rainsurname.bsky.social
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When I complained to my parents about the way they complained about supporting my interest in the arts, they told me if I was a REAL artist, I'd do it even if it was difficult. I was a child, so I believed them. They broke the joy of making enough that I stopped drawing & playing.
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aheago to the polls
@chemotaxis.bsky.social
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THE BOOT WAS ALREADY ON YOUR NECK please buy into my whole project
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Randy Flynn
@rf-seattle.bsky.social
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Funny how "earning a living wage doing something I love and/or am good at" is not on that list. I mean, that's one of a bunch of issues with the statement, but it seems like a glaring one given what else was said.
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Steve Harvey Oswald
@mcnadroj.bsky.social
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I've been a fan of his books and the Silo show is really well done. This is pretty shitty development.
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swirlOsquirrel
@swirlosquirrel.bsky.social
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Also, applying with God for the job of “Underwear Gnome” because I feel long-term? That’ll really make my resume SING.
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swirlOsquirrel
@swirlosquirrel.bsky.social
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After reading Hugh’s VERY compassionate tweet, my urge to slit him open from his genitals to his neck, peel back his chest, reach in, grab his still-beating heart, rip it out & eat it, is nigh overwhelming. But, for the moment, I’m managing to restrain the impulse. Hope the Buddhism holds!😏👍🏻
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Meg
@meg-codes.bsky.social
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I’m remembering the phrase “flaccid Calvinist hot takes.”
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Johanna Taylor @ 🏠👻
@johannamation.bsky.social
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“Why are rich people afraid of their homes being robbed? Someone was already going to do it anyway.”
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Scott Johnson
@scottjohnson.wtf
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might have to steal “flaccid Calvinist hot takes” -thank you for your service
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